The lawsuit came after their petition to the Wisconsin Supreme Court to increase wages for public defenders and private attorneys helping offload cases was only partially successful in 2018.
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MADISON, Wis. — The wait behind bars has reached nearly a year for one inmate named in a class action lawsuit against Wisconsin alleging unconstitutional wait times for people in need of public defenders. For others, it’s months — not just for them, but many inmates around them. RELATED: Lawsuit accuses Evers, Wisconsin’s Public Defender Board of failing to provide.